If you want the benefits of Alli w/o spending the money for it, you can simply keep each meals fat total to 15 grams or less. What I don't like about Alli is that it blocks all the nutrients from your food during the day while the drug is in your system. That's why you must take a multi-vitamin, and take it at night. Personally, I like knowing that my body is getting all the good nutrients from the healthy foods I'm eating. But that's just me.